A new member here,.and I came across this topic through a search.
I am a new purchaser of the Ebco UCR10, and I have been riding it over the past week, I am also 11 stone, but reasonably fit for pedalling, after using an exercise bike set at a reasonable resistance level. On the first full charge of the battery, I got 30 miles out of it, this was using the motor pedal assist quite a lot, over varying terrain. It pulls up hills very well, and several friends that have tried it have been impressed, including one experienced road bike rider. There are only 7 gears, but they seem enough for most situations when commuting or leisure riding. It doesn't have a stand alone throttle, just pedal assist, but I found that fine. If I was struggling with a gradient, I just pressed the 'on' button and the power kicked in and helped me easily up the hill, then when at the top, press and hold the 'on' button again to turn off the power. It's a bit like having an electronic gearbox for hills. The display is very basic, with the same 4 led's utilised for the charge level, and the power assist level, so that when the power level is adjusted, the lights switch from battery level to power assist level for a couple of seconds, then return to battery level. There is no cycle computer built in, so I got a cheap one from Decathlon which works well, but I did have to utilise 4 layers of a bit of old inner tube as a spacer, to get the sensor nearer to the spoke magnet
Yesterday, I did a 17 mile trip, on mostly level tracks, but with a few steep gradients, just using the power for the steep bits, (probably about 2 miles of power assisted riding), and there was also another 7 miles to add to the mileage from the previous day (after I last charged the battery), so 24 miles in total, the level was still showing between 50% and 75% of charge when I got back home, but I had been purposely pedalling as much as possible.
The 8.8ah batteries on these are expensive, about half the cost of the bike, but I think they use quality Samsung cells, so if you get one, make sure that you look after the battery according to the instructions. The bike seems very well constructed, and weighs 21.4kg without the battery, with the battery weighing 2.6kg, so 24kg in total, the tyres are puncture resistant, and the cabling is very neat. There is no suspension, so the ride can seem a but bumpy over uneven ground, but the comfy seat helps a bit there,
For my purposes, mainly leisure riding, I really like the bike, especially knowing that if I go a bit too far, like yesterday, I have the power button handy to assist my tired legs when I come across a hill on the way home.
